84 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters . 
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Stem: Subcylindrical, smooth, whitish with rosy tint; firm or 
spongy. 5-7 cm. long, 1-2 cm. thick. July, August. 
Spores: globose, ellipsoidal, echinulate, 8x10 jn, 9xl2/u. 
Characters 
on which 
f Pileus: dark purple color; reddish beneath pel- 
licle. 
identification ; Gills: 
is based. [ Stem: 
broad, equal, dusted bright ochraceous. 
rosy. 
f Pileus: dark purple or livid, smooth; margin 
Characters I slightly striate. 
0 f 16 I Gills: bright ochraceous. 
specimens. ^ gtem: longitudinally wrinkled, rosy. 
Habitat. Open woods on ground. 
Locality. Madison, Blue Mounds. 
Edibility. Rather tough, but not disagreeable to the taste. 
Milk in which it is stewed takes on pink color. 
(a) B. ochrophylla Pk t var. albipes Pk. 
Pileus: deep red; stem white; otherwise like the type. A num¬ 
ber of specimens answering to this description were found at 
Blue Mounds in August, 1903. 
B. olivascens Fr. 
Pileus: explanate or concave, smooth slightly viscid when 
moist, olivaceous; margin, even; 5-10 cm.; flesh, white. 
Taste, mild. 
Gills: adnexed or adnate, subcrowded, broad at margin, narrow 
toward stem; interveined, few forked, white. 
Stem: 4-7 cm. long, cylindrical or tapering upward slightly, 
2 cm. thick, spongy, white, smooth. July, August. 
Spores: scarcely echinulate, 8x 10/x, 8x9/*, ellipsoidal. 
Characters f Pileus: smooth, shining, olivaceous, 
on which j Margin: even, taste mild, 
identification j Gills: broad at margin, white, 
is based. [ Stem: white, smooth. 
